Columbia Chronologies of Asian History and CultureJohn S. Bowman Columbia University Press, 2000 M09 5 - 512 pages Containing more information on Asian culture than any other English-language reference work, Columbia Chronologies of Asian History and Culture is the first of its kind: a set of more than thirty chronologies for all the countries of Asia—East, South, Southeast, and Central—from the Paleolithic era through 1998. Each entry is clearly dated and, unlike most chronologies found in standard history texts, the entries are complete and detailed enough to provide virtually a sequential history of the vast and rich span of Asian cultures. The contributing writers and editors have ensured the book's usefulness to general readers by identifying individuals and groups, locating places and regions, explaining events and movements, and defining unfamiliar words and concepts. |
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... territory south of the Yangtze. The first Sui emperor produces a new legal code, reforms local government, unifies the bureaucracy, reorganizes the military and revives the state's finances, laying the foundations for a centralized ...
... territory . 588 : Sui responds to raids across the Liao River from the kingdom of Koguryo ( mod- ern Manchuria east of the Liao and the northern part of the Korean peninsula ) with a seaborne punitive expedition . Chinese forces are ...
... territory . 907-951 : The kingdom of Chu rules in Hunan and part of Guangxi in South China . 907-971 : The Southern Han kingdom con- trols parts of present Guangdong and Gu- angxi in South China . 907-978 : The kingdom of Wuyue rules ...
... territory as a result. 1119: The Song negotiates a treaty with Xia, ending four years of costly warfare. 1120: Fang La leads brief, violent uprising in modern Zhejiang province in southeast China and raises a large army. Song forces ...
... territory in Henan before the emperor orders Yue Fei to withdraw . Summer 1140 : Song armies form a defensive line along the old frontier of the Huai River . Early 1141 : Jin forces launch a new invasion . Qin Gui , a key adviser of the ...